In November 2023, the Supreme Court of Russia ruled that the international LGBTQI+ movement will be officially designated as an extremist organisation. Namely, from now on, such movement officially took part in the “blacklist” of terrorist groups which will make it legitimate to subject LGBTQI+ members to arbitrary prosecutions, as well as any activist in support of their basic human …

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni opened the new year of 2023, on the very 1st of January, with the adoption of a new decree (Italian Decree-Law 1/2023) which imposes relevant obstacles to the work of NGOs that provide search and rescue of migrants at sea. Over the past years, the Italian government attempted on multiple occasions to contribute to the promotion of the …

Largely thanks to young people in Poland, Donald Tusk and his coalition defeated the far-right Law and Justice (PiS) party that had governed Poland for eight years. During those eight years, Poland had joined other countries, especially Hungary, in the process of undermining the democratic foundations of their governing systems. This phenomenon gave rise to what is referred to as …

Just weeks before a scheduled presidential election in Senegal, President Macky Sall abruptly cancelled it on February 3rd, triggering a constitutional crisis and dealing a blow to democracy across West Africa. The has unsurprisingly been met with widespread opposition and by many described as a de facto “constitutional coup”.  Senegal, historically viewed as a pillar of stability and democracy in West …

            The long-established superpower of the United States has seen much criticism over the last few years that, in a way, is challenging their supremacy over the international community. Ever since Donald Trump’s election, US politics went from assertive to chaotic, where their internal struggles undoubtedly translated into the international landscape, allowing other countries to change priorities in their diplomatic games …

For years now Hungary has proven itself an outliner in the Union by challenging its founding values and using its veto power to stop decisions requiring unanimity as leverage. Orban’s tactics have so far proven effective thanks to the Union’s own lack of enforcement mechanisms and his own ability to create alliances within the Union and exploit every leverage at …

Rishi Sunak has prioritized his government’s legislative agenda around the anti-immigration “Stop the Boats” campaign, aiming to discourage asylum seekers from attempting to reach the United Kingdom via the English Channel. However, the Rwanda deportation bill, designed to deport refugees and migrants to Rwanda for the processing of their asylum claims and resettlement, faced significant challenges. In November, the Supreme …

North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un renewed its war threats as he announced an end to the aim of reunification with South Korea. The peaceful reunification of the peninsula has been a part of the policy agenda of both his father and grandfather and a policy aim which provided a glimpse at peace between the North and the South. Contrary …

Recently Finland decided to extend its border closure with Russia until 11th February 2024 amid its recent re opening of the border which has supposed to happen on the 15th of January 2024, this move might ignite geopolitical and security concerns. Finland and Russia were once in amicable ties but with the recent invasion of Russia in the Ukraine, it has led …

The situation in the Middle East is increasingly worrying as the conflict not only escalates but also expands. The attacks by Iran’s proxies have warranted a greater involvement of the United States and now Iran, seemingly embolden by the role it is playing in this war, decided to add a further layer of complexity to the situation. This week Iranian …